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John Dennis "Denny" Hastert (; born January 2, 1942) is an American politician, lobbyist, and member of the Republican Party. Hastert was the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1999 to 2007. He represented for twenty years, 1987 to 2007. He is the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in history. Hastert grew up in rural Illinois, and graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in economics in 1964, obtaining an education degree from Northern Illinois University three years later. From 1965 to 1981, Hastert was a high school teacher and coach. He lost a 1980 bid for the Illinois House of Representatives, but tried again and won a seat in 1981. He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1987, and reelected several times thereafter. Hastert rose through the Republican ranks in the House, becoming chief deputy whip and eventually Speaker in 1999. As Speaker of the House, Hastert supported the George W. Bush administration's foreign and domestic policies. After Democrats took control of the House in 2007 following the 2006 election, Hastert chose not to seek the position of minority leader, resigned his House seat, and became a lobbyist at the firm of Dickstein Shapiro. In May 2015, Hastert was indicted on federal charges of structuring bank withdrawals to evade bank reporting requirements and making false statements to federal investigators.〔 Federal prosecutors said that the money was to compensate for and conceal deliberately unspecified misconduct by Hastert against an unnamed individual years earlier.〔Jon Seidel, Lynn Sweet & Natasha Korecki, (Feds charge former House Speaker Dennis Hastert paid hush money, tried to cover it up ), ''Chicago Sun-Times'' (May 28, 2015).〕〔Jason Meisner & Steve Schmadeke, (Dennis Hastert pleads not guilty to lying to FBI about hush money ), ''Chicago Tribune''.〕〔Monica Davey, (Dennis Hastert Pleads Not Guilty in Chicago Court ), ''New York Times'' (June 9, 2015).〕 In October 2015, Hastert entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors. Under the agreement, Hastert pleaded guilty to the "structuring" charge (a felony), and the making false statements charge was dropped.〔Monica Davey & Mitch Smith, (Dennis Hastert, Ex-Speaker of House, Pleads Guilty ), ''New York Times'' (October 28, 2015).〕 In June 2015, public accusations — but not legal charges — emerged that Hastert had sexually abused three students (including the aforementioned unnamed individual) when he was a teacher more than three decades earlier.〔〔〔〔〔Amy R. Connolly & Doug G. Ware, (FBI says three possible sex assault victims in Hastert case, report says ), UPI (June 5, 2015).〕 In 2006, Hastert denied one such accusation, though there was no press coverage at the time.〔〔Alexandra Jaffe, (Sister names victim of alleged Dennis Hastert abuse ), CNN (June 5, 2015): "ABC News said it didn't run with the reporting because it lacked corroborating evidence."〕 The latter accusation was reiterated publicly in 2015 by the sister of the alleged victim (who died in 1995), while the other abuse accusations were leaked.〔Josh Gerstein, (Hastert's Attorneys Complain About Sex-Related Leaks ), ''Politico'' (June 18, 2015).〕 ==Early life and education== Hastert was born on January 2, 1942, in Aurora, Illinois, the eldest of three sons of Naomi (née Nussle) and Jack Hastert.〔(Fast Facts: Dennis Hastert ), CNN Library (last updated May 28, 2015).〕〔Lisa Smith, (Hastert returns to his humble beginnings after historic career ), ''Daily Herald'' (February 21, 2008).〕 Hastert is of Luxembourgeois and Norwegian descent on his father's side, and of German descent on his mother's.〔Hastert, pp. 13-14.〕 Hastert grew up in a rural Illinois farming community. His middle-class family owned a farm supply business and a family farm; Hastert bagged and hauled feed and performed farm chores.〔〔Ceci Connolly & Juliet Eilperin, (Hastert Steps Up to Leading Role ), ''Washington Post'' (January 5, 1999).〕 As a young man, Hastert also worked shifts in the family's Plainfield restaurant, The Clock Tower, where he was a fry cook.〔〔Ceci Connolly, (Plain-Talking Hastert Poised to Be Speaker ), ''Washington Post'' (December 21, 1998), Page A1.〕 Hastert became a born-again Christian as a teenager, during his sophomore year of high school.〔〔Bob Kemper, (House Speaker Dennis Hastert Can Win Friends, But Can He Influence People? ), ''Chicago Tribune'' (April 11, 1999).〕 Hastert attended Oswego High School, where he was a star wrestler and football player.〔〔 Hastert briefly attended North Central College, but later transferred to Wheaton College, a Christian liberal arts college.〔 Jim Parnalee, Hastert's roommate at North Central who transferred with him to Wheaton, was a Marine Corps Reserve member who in 1965 became the school's first student to be killed in Vietnam. Hastert continued to visit Parnalee's family each year in Michigan.〔〔 Because of a wrestling injury, Hastert never served in the military. In 1964, Hastert graduated from Wheaton with a B.A. in economics.〔〔〔(Official biography ) from Dickstein Shapiro (this profile was removed from the firm's website after Hastert resigned following the announcement of the indictment, but the Internet Archive preserved a copy of the profile as it appeared on March 25, 2015).〕 In 1967, he received his M.S. in philosophy of education from Northern Illinois University (NIU).〔〔 In his first year of graduate school, Hastert spent three months in Japan as part of the People to People Student Ambassador Program.〔Hastert, p. 214.〕 One of Hastert's fellow group members was Tony Podesta (then the president of the Young Democrats at University of Illinois at Chicago Circle).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dennis Hastert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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